
Mama, None of Us Is Perfect: 10 Ways to Free Yourself from Guilt
You may recall from the last post that the purpose of building well-being is not to perfect your parenting or become some idyllic Zen mama who’s always calm, cool, and…
read thisYou may recall from the last post that the purpose of building well-being is not to perfect your parenting or become some idyllic Zen mama who’s always calm, cool, and…
read thisI want to elaborate on why it’s important for moms to focus on well-being. To start, let me say that it’s NOT because…. You don’t already have what it takes…
read thisAs I mentioned in last week’s post, I believe mamas have a lot of influence when it comes to raising happy, healthy, well-adjusted adults. I don’t say this to pressure…
read thisIn the coming months, I’ll discuss a topic I’ve noodled over for quite some time: Mama Well-being. As a mother of two little people, I’ve come to realize that mom…
read thisToday feels particularly hot! It seems like an appropriate time to heed my own advice from a column I wrote for the New York Times: “How to Be Mindful When It’s…
read thisThe stories we tell ourselves about our bodies, minds, and capacities can be astonishingly limiting, yet oh-so convincing! I recently became aware of a story I’d been telling myself about pregnancy…….
read thisI was recently reminded of a topic I wrote about in an earlier blog: The value of saying, “I don’t know.” I went on retreat with a lot of unanswered…
read thisEarly this morning in the quiet of dawn, our neighbor blasted his car bass. With each boom, I could feel our house shake – and my anxiety ratchet. My mind…
read thisI’ve been thinking about personal happiness as it relates to the state of the world…. Is it self-indulgent to focus on being happy? What about all the suffering, isn’t it more…
read thisThe main message in our culture is that we’re better off with more – more activities on the calendar, more money and material goods, more plans laid out for the…
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